Eiichi Kudō

Directing

Eiichi Kudō

Born 1929-07-17 · Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan

Eiichi Kudo (工藤 栄一, Kudō Eiichi, 17 July 1929 – 23 September 2000) was a Japanese film director. He directed 30 films between 1956 and 1998. His 1982 film Yaju-deka was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. One of his most famous movies is the 1963 film 13 Assassins. This movie was remade in 2010 by Takashi Miike.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Sure Death! 3 poster
7.0

Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them.

Sure Death! 3

1986

13 Assassins poster
7.5

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.

13 Assassins

1963

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears

1993

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

おんなの密書

1987

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin

1963

The Great Killing poster
7.3

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.

The Great Killing

1964

Dangerous Trade in Kobe poster
7.0

Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

Dangerous Trade in Kobe

1973

The Fort of Death poster
6.5

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.

The Fort of Death

1969

The Princess and the Bearded Lord poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Princess and the Bearded Lord

1962

Yokohama BJ Blues poster
7.8

BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.

Yokohama BJ Blues

1981

Shimmering Sword poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shimmering Sword

1962

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain

1960

Flowers on the Road poster
5.0

Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some businesses affairs. On their way to Kyoto, the two ladies are ambushed by a group of bandits. However a good Samaritan named Santaro comes to their rescue. Santaro is aiding a young samurai named Sanshiro who is on an official mission to deliver a message to a noble in Kyoto. When Yae and Kiku discover that a gang of assassins is after Sanshiro, they decide to help Sanshiro to complete his mission.

Flowers on the Road

1961

Revenge for His Lover poster
8.0

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.

Revenge for His Lover

1962

Sky Scraper! poster
7.0

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

Sky Scraper!

1969

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface poster
6.5

“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving 14 years for his Family. Upon his return he finds the various yakuza syndicates on the brink of war. Kumoro is, at first, removed from the dealings of the families by his Boss, but slowly he is drawn back into his old ways.

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface

1997

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface poster
6.5

“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving 14 years for his Family. Upon his return he finds the various yakuza syndicates on the brink of war. Kumoro is, at first, removed from the dealings of the families by his Boss, but slowly he is drawn back into his old ways.

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface

1997

Eleven Samurai poster
7.5

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the clan refuse the sentence and are willing to give their life for justice.

Eleven Samurai

1967

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass poster
8.0

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass

1960

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba poster
10.0

Early film by Eiichi Kudô.

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba

1960

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

1967

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road

1960

Nogare no machi poster
7.0

Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.

Nogare no machi

1983

Nogare no machi poster
7.0

Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.

Nogare no machi

1983